Artwork Appreciation - Fishing Village
The Beauty of Fishing Village
In the rapidly evolving modern society, as people strive for material wealth, they often forget to nourish their spirits. Yet, art, as a window into the human soul, allows us to pause momentarily and savor the true essence of life. Chung Chen Sun's The Beauty of Fishing Village takes a fishing village as its creative backdrop, employing ink wash as the medium to vividly present the serenity and beauty of the village. The composition relies predominantly on black and white tones, skillfully conveying the leisurely tranquility of the village through thoughtful composition and brushstrokes...
"The flavor of human life is found in its simplest moments." When the salty evening breeze gently brushes against your cheeks, and the returning fishing boats are bathed in starlight that glimmers off the raincoats of the boatmen, you can feel a profound sense of serenity and harmony—a poetic interplay of nature's gifts and human labor. Chung Chen Sun's A Few Tilted Houses is a poetic ink painting that takes a fishing village as its backdrop…
A Few Tilted Houses
Art originates from life, and the beauty of art found in the lives of working people is often the most genuine and pure. Outstanding artists are skilled at drawing inspiration from everyday life. Through his observation of fishermen's lives, Chung Chen Sun captured the essence of "fishing net drying," a labor activity rich in the atmosphere of fishing village life and imbued with the visual appeal of a static scene, resulting in the creation of his work Fishing Net Drying.
Fishing Net Drying
A few freely strokes of ink come into view, neatly distributing the composition and the scenery. In Chung Chen Sun's "Fishing Village", the control over the picture is extraordinary. He subsumes the entire scene into a unified artistic language. Elements such as fishing boats and ferrymen, the water surface and houses, and the waterweeds emerging from the water are all integrated into the form…
Boat Dwellers
"The evening glow is infinite, yet the day fades into dusk." What a beautiful sentence—one that resonates with many who cherish the breathtaking allure of sunsets. Imagine standing on the riverbank of a fishing village, surrounded by rolling hills and lush greenery. The setting sun slowly descends, casting its golden light over the landscape. Fishing boats have returned to the harbor, and after a long day of work, fishermen sit by the riverside, leisurely enjoying the view of the sunset…
Sunset
During the modern era, Malaysia occupied a vital geopolitical position as a crossroads of diverse cultures. The cultural and artistic ecosystem of this land was deeply influenced by World War II, particularly after the mid-20th century. The emergence of Singapore as a new international metropolis marked an unprecedented era of cultural inclusivity, but it also led to deviations in the traditional trajectory of Chinese painting within the lineage of traditional art….
Abstract Fishing Village
